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Requests for new languages (Wikipedia Finnish Sign Language)

submitted

verification

final decision

Discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Votes will be ignored when judging the proposal. Please provide arguments or reasons and be prepared to defend them (see the Language proposal policy).

Proposal summary
Language details: Finnish Sign Language (fse ISO 639-3) Editing community: Teemul (P), List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: ??? External links: Finnish Sign Language in the Finnish Wikipedia
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The Finnish Sign Language is the first language of about 5000 people. The Finnish Sign Language is mentioned in the Finnish Constitution and this way it is recognized by the state as a natural language. In Finland speakers of the Finnish Sign Language hold a right to use it as their mother tongue.

Arguments in favour

• The Finnish Sign Language community is active and with interest on new technology and its possibilities to strength their language and culture. I assume that when there will be more requests of Sign Languages in the Wikipedia, some of the innovations made among the Finnish Sign Language community can be replicated to other sign language projects, too. --Teemul 19:12, 28 May 2008 (UTC)